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Beacon, NY, United States
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Works of Artist and Activist Marzette Watts
Hudson Valley Auctioneers will offer the remaining 114 lots including watercolors, etchings /engravings and drawings by artist, activist & Jazz Musician Marzette Watts on Sunday, February 25th at 4PM
This is the continuation and final part of the art collection by Marzette Watts, originally offered October 9th 2023
After the sit-in at the lunch counter at the Montgomery, Alabama courthouse in 1960, Marzette Watts and eight others were expelled from Alabama State College. Enduring intimidation from the police and the Ku Klux Klan, Marzette, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, left Alabama and enrolled at NYU in New York City. Having been an art major at ASC, he continued his studies in the department where famed Amistad muralist Hale Woodruff was teaching. He later spent a year at the Sorbonne.
Settling into 27 Cooper Square in Manhattan, Marzette became part of a vibrant community which included Le Roi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Rivers, and Free Jazz musician, Archie Schepp. The activism of the Free Jazz movement shifted Marzette?s genius from painting to music.
He became a close friend of Lawrence Weiner with whom he worked on sound tracks. Later, he formed his own recording companies and eventually, taught at Wesleyan.
A new color catalog featuring descriptions and images of all lots in this sale is available, as well as the original catalogue with an in depth biography of Marzette Watts.
To purchase both, please forward a check in the amount of $20 to the order of Hudson Valley Auctioneers at the address shown below. To pay with a credit card, please call Neil Vaughn at 914-489-2399 or email: 432mainstreet@gmail.com.
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0001: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, unsigned, double sided, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0002: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, with ink study on reverse, dated 1963, 18" by 24", has tearEst. $50-$500
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0003: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, unsigned, double sided, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0004: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, with ink study on reverse, dated 1963, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0005: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, unsigned, dated 1963, double sided, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0006: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, with ink study on reverse, unsigned, dated 1963, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0007: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0008: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, with ink study on reverse, unsigned, dated 1963, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0009: Watercolor on paper, double sided study, nude figure in violet, unsigned, dated, 1963, 18" by 24"Est. $50-$500
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0010: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0011: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0012: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0013: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0014: Watercolor & oil paint on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0015: Watercolor & oil paint on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0016: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0017: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0018: Watercolor on paper, abstract in yellow with red highlights, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0019: Watercolor on paper, abstract in yellow & blue, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0020: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0021: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24", has stain (oil ?) lowerEst. $50-$500
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0022: Watercolor & oil paint on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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0023: Watercolor & oil paint on paper, abstract in color, unsigned, 18" by 24", mior loss upper rightEst. $50-$500
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0024: Watercolor on paper, abstract in color, dated 1963, unsigned, 18" by 24".Est. $50-$500
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